No excuses. No laziness. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (File photo/Malacañang) This was how Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. wants his department to act on the case of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who has been reported missing since December 2021. Locsin has...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea reported 148,443 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 15,979,061, the health authorities said Thursday. The daily caseload was down from 195,419 the previous day and far lower than 224,788 a...
SEOUL, South Korea – After firing its largest-ever missile, North Korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test, officials and analysts say, reviving a longstanding debate south of the border: should Seoul have nukes too? Pyongyang has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III reminded people to continue wearing face masks as they observe Holy Week to prevent the spread of Covid-19. He said Pateros is “zero Covid-19” but other local government units still have cases. Palm Sunday at San Roque Parish in Pateros (Photo from San Roque...
Jeonghan, member of K-pop boy band Seventeen, has tested positive for Covid-19, his agency announced. “We would like to provide you with some information on Seventeen member Jeonghan being diagnosed with Covid-19 as well as adjustments in his activities,” said Pledis Entertainment on April 13....
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's anti-feminist president-elect has vowed to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality. But actually getting rid of it will be tricky, experts say, and the incoming administration is already backing off its promise. Since it was set up in 2001, the department...
K-pop idol group BTS member Jin said he is entrusting the issue of his military service to HYBE, which manages the group. Jin, 29, the oldest member of BTS, is the first in line in the group to enlist in the military and needs to enlist by December this year if no new law is passed, according to...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has described Joe Biden as an "old man in his senility", in a characteristically colourful personal attack on the US president after he accused the Russian leader of war crimes in Ukraine. The diatribe came after Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin "a war...
The Korean Cultural Center is ready for its next chapter READY FOR THE NEXT DECADE KCC Director Im Young A It’s been a little over a decade since the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) was established in Manila. I got to visit their former space back in 2013 to cover one of their events and it’s...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea reported 185,566 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 15,169,189, the health authorities said Saturday. People line up for Covid-19 test at a testing site in Seoul, South Korea, March 23, 2022....
Fans of BTS are opposing the plan to invite the K-pop idol group to perform at the inauguration of new South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol. This after Yoon’s transition committee member Park Joo-sun said they were discussing the possibility of BTS performing at Yoon’s inauguration that will be...
Top officials of the Department of Tourism (DOT) have met with their Korean counterparts to promote the country as a safe travel destination during the dry (summer) season under the new normal. In a statement, Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said the agency plans to tap the Korean travel...
